e•d Summary of the 30 July 2000 Venezuela presidential election results
| Candidates - Nominating parties |
Votes |
% |
| Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías - Movement for the Fifth Republic (Movimiento V República) |
3,757,773 |
59.76 |
| Francisco Arias Cárdenas - The R Cause (La Causa R) |
2,359,459 |
37.52 |
| Claudio Fermín - Encuentro Nacional |
171,346 |
2.72 |
| Total |
6,288,578 |
100.0 |
| Registered Voters |
11,720,660 |
|
| Votes Cast (% of registered voters) |
6,637,276 |
56.63 |
| Valid Votes (% of votes cast) |
6,288,578 |
94.75 |
| Invalid Votes (% of votes cast) |
348,698 |
5.25 |
| No-Votes (% of votes cast) |
37,080 |
0.56 |
| Abstention (% of registered voters) |
5,120,464 |
43.69 |
| Source: National Electoral Council (Venezuela) [1] |